Babbling

Quick meaning: Babbling is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) sounds produced by infant during the babbling period.

More Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Idle senseless talk; prattle.
2. (countable, uncountable) A confused murmur, as of a stream.
3. That babbles.
4. present participle and gerund of babble
5. (uncountable) a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words

Word Forms

• babblings

Synonyms for babbling

Depending on context, synonyms include babble, voluble, jabbering, blathering, blithering, gabbling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include voluble, jabbering, blathering, blithering, gabbling, chatting.

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